4th Surana & Surana & School of Law, Raffles University National Labour Law Moot Court Competition
School of Law, Raffles University with its organizing partner Surana and Surana, International Attorneys, Chennai is proud to announce the 4th Surana & Surana & School of Law, Raffles University, National Labour Law Moot Court Competition – 2021 scheduled to be held from 26th – 28th November 2021.
About Raffles University
Raffles university was founded by late Shri Vinod Kumar Gomber, a towering human being gifted with compassion and ethics and the will to impart holistic value-based education to the youth of Rajasthan and beyond, who has also been an alumnus of Harvard University. Also, the introduction of Raffles is incomplete without Hon’ble Dr. Justice Meena V. Gomber, who is a former Judge of the Rajasthan High Court and subsequently served as Head of the Armed Forces Tribunal, Jaipur - Jodhpur from 2013 - 2016. Currently, she has been effectively working as the Chairperson, Gomber Education Foundation and looking after the functioning of Raffles University, Neemrana.
About School of Law, Raffles University
School of Law conventionally runs Law Clinics that provide legal services to those who cannot, otherwise, access these services. With the help of District Legal Services Authority, under the banner of Rajasthan State Legal Services Authority, the school has been continuously running legal clinic movements and has, had a large impact on access to legal services, to the local community. The School, in collaboration with Surana & Surana International Attorneys and with Rajasthan Education Trust Jaipur, every year. organises Surana & Surana National Labour Law Moot Court Competition and C.L. Agrawal Memorial National Moot Court Competition respectively.
If one looks at Raffles School of Law, alumni career choices, one finds that it has produced good legal academics as ours Alumnus are with big Corporate Firms and some are practicing in Supreme Court and State High Courts and even others are engaged in teaching profession.
About the Event
School of Law, Raffles University with its organizing partner Surana and Surana, International Attorneys, Chennai is proud to announce the 4th Surana & Surana & School of Law, Raffles University, Neemrana National Labour Law Moot Court Competition – 2021 to be held from 26th – 28th November 2021. It is an initiative taken forward by the organizers with an aim of creating awareness in the field primarily of Labour Law and the surrounding disciplines of Employment Laws, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Service Law etc. This year’s case has been drafted to test the knowledge, research aptitude and application of law by the participants in the field of laws regarding Industrial Disputes, Employment Laws, provisions governing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and constitutional provisions governing Freedom of Trdae under Article 19.
The event will provide a unique opportunity to our participants to become a part of a powerful venture started by two of the experienced moot court competition organizers, i.e., School of Law, Raffles University and Surana and Surana International Attorneys, Chennai. The former takes pride in associating itself with another successful national level moot court competition while the latter is a familiar name for hosting, administering and funding numerous moot court competitions nationally and internationally. Together, we aim at promoting academic excellence and research in the field of Labour Law.
The event will take place virtually via Cisco WebEx platform. To ensure the comfort of theparticipating teams, an orientation program has been scheduled on the 26th of November which will include a mock for the moot, followed by a draw of lots and exchange of memorials. Competition team codes and side will also be allotted during the orientation only.
Aim & Purpose
SURANA & SURANA & SCHOOL OF LAW, RAFFLES UNIVERSITY NATIONAL LABOUR LAW MOOT COURT has been conceived with the aim of creating opportunities for learning the development of jurisprudence on emerging trends in Labour Law besides developing cutting edge skills in research, writing and advocacy.
Venue & Date
The 4th SURANA & SURANA & SCHOOL OF LAW, RAFFLES UNIVERSITY NATIONAL LABOUR LAW MOOT COURT 2021 shall be held virtually from 26 - 28 November 2021.
Eligibility
The competition is open for students who are studying LLB three year or five-year course during the current academic year interested in Employment Law and who belong to institutions that have been invited.
Team Composition
Each team should consist of a minimum of 2 and maximum of 3 members. This number cannot be modified under any circumstances.
There shall be 2 speakers and 1 researcher designated for each team. The researcher shall be allowed to argue with prior permission of the court and National Administrator in case of illness of the designated speakers.
Each team will be provided a team code during orientation. Teams should not disclose the identity of their institution; such disclosure shall invite penalties including disqualification. The decision for the same shall be at the discretion of the National Administrator.
Registration
Online registrations are open from 6th October 2021. The teams must register online by 30th October 2021. Teams will have to register online at www.moot.in Only 40 teams will be registered to participate in the competition on first- come-first serve basis
No temporary registration requests will be entertained. Kindly refrain from sending such requests to Surana & Surana or SOL, Raffles University.
Participants will receive an automated system generated acknowledgement on successful submission of registration. Participants will receive an approval as acceptance of their request for participation latest by 2nd November 2021 or earlier.
The Registration form cum Approval letter as provided in the rules duly signed & sealed by your university / college / moot society or can br uploaded as a single PDF
The Registration form cum Approval letter (without seal & signature) as provided in the rules duly filled along with Scanned copy of authorization letter with sign and seal from your university/ college / moot society or An email communication from the official id (to be filled as notification email id during online registration process) of the institution, from your university / college / moot society to complete the registration process.
Signatories on the registration form should be any of the following: - Faculty-in-charge of MCA / MCS / MCC, Registrar, Dean, Principal, Director, Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor
Registration without the scanned copy of the approval letter / an email communication from the college/institution/university or duly attested registration form will not be valid.
Soft copy of the registration and approval letter/ an email communication as a single PDF to be sent by email to: mcc@rafflesuniversity.edu.in marked as 4th SURANA & SURANA AND SCHOOL OF LAW, RAFFLES UNIVERSITY LABOUR LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION REGISTRATION as subject of the mail latest by 4th November 2021. The provisional team code shall be allotted to the registered teams by Host University soon after receiving of registration particulars along with the registration fee
On receiving the provisional team code from moot committee/society of SOL, Raffles University you may proceed to pay the registration fees.
Payment Details
A registration fee of Rs. 1500/- is to be paid online by 3rd November 2021 to:
Bank Name
Yes Bank Ltd
Branch
Neemrana -301705
Name
Raffles University
IFSC
YESB0000131
Swift Code
YESBINBB
Receipt of the online payment to be sent by email to: mcc@rafflesuniversity.edu.in
Fee once paid will not be refunded.
In the event a team drops out of the competition or is disqualified the team next in line as per registration data (When the registration exceeds beyond the permitted 40 teams) will be offered the chance to participate in the competition at short notice. Such teams will have to submit memorials to be eligible at least 3 days prior to the start of the competition.
Orientation
There will be an Orientation Program for all the participants on 26th November 2021 (Friday) followed by a draw of lots and exchange of memorials. Competition team codes and side will be allotted during the orientation only.
Rounds
There will be two preliminary rounds of arguments, an octa final, a quarterfinal, a semi-final and a final round.
Octa final will be conducted if the participation exceeds 24 teams
Quarter final will be conducted if the participation exceeds 16 teams
Results (Announcement)
Results of the preliminary rounds shall be announced after the completion of rounds of all the teams. Similarly, the results of the Quarter-Final/Semi-Final Rounds shall be announced after completion of the rounds of all qualified teams of respective rounds. The results of the Final Round shall be announced during the Valedictory Ceremony.
Awards
Winning Team: Cash Prize of Rs. 21,000/-
Runner-Up Team: Cash Prize of Rs. 11,000/-
Best Memorial: Cash Prize of Rs. 5,100/-
Best Speaker: Cash Prize of Rs. 5,100/-
Free Certificate Courses
100% Fee Waiver in one of the Courses by ‘Lawctopus Law School’ for the members of the Winning team (3 coupons). The team has to avail the offer within 3 months.
One Free Course of any choice to the Winning Team up to INR 2200/- each by ‘Memo Pundits’ [Prize worth INR 6600/-]
INR 1500/- discount coupon to the Runners-Up on any one course of their choice each by ‘Memo Pundits’ [Prize worth INR 4500/-]
INR 1000/- discount to the Best Researcher and Best Speaker by ‘Memo Pundits’ [Prize worth INR 2000/-]
Moot Mentorship
30% discount on moot mentorship after releasing the problem to all the participants by ‘Memo Pundits’.
Anonymity
Student counsel may introduce her/himself to the court in the usual manner and may also state her/his names. However, the team's college / institution affiliation may not be mentioned at any time before the awards ceremony.
Further, all team members, coaches, advisors, and observers shall refrain from identifying a team’s school at any time and in any manner, including, but not limited to, wearing any identifying items, such as school clothing, ties, patches, or pins or carrying identifying material (such as a book with a college logo, or college seal).
Policy for Virtual Rounds
The Oral Rounds for the competition will take place virtually via Cisco Webex platform.
It would be the responsibility of every team to ensure a stable internet connection. The audio and video of every member of the team should be clear. Every team must ensure a proper background. The organisers will under no circumstances be obligated to provide the participants with any such facility.
All participants should mandatorily join with their laptops or desktops and other forms of device are to be avoided.
The link or the ID and password for the room on Cisco Webex will be conveyed to the participating teams before the oral rounds.
Each participating member of every team is advised to install the Cisco Webex platform on their devices well in time.
Each team is required to join the room at least twenty minutes before the scheduled time of commencement of the oral rounds.
The participants’ camera and microphone shall be firmly positioned throughout the oral rounds so as to show speakers and to ensure their voices are clearly audible.
All participants must keep their cameras on at all times during the rounds. Camera to be switched off in case of technical glitches with the permission of the bench.
At the time when one participant is speaking, others are expected to keep their microphones on mute. In case a participant is found disturbing the other pleader anyway, he/she or the entire team to which such participant belongs may be disqualified upon the discretion of the bench.
Each participant is responsible for finding a suitable venue and background to participate. The venue must be a quiet location and one which has adequate and reliable internet connectivity and has a desk and chairs for the oralist. Locations in open spaces or hallways or cybercafes or similar areas are NOT permitted.
Participants are cautioned to ensure that all equipment has a power supply sufficient to last for at least two hours without interruption.
In case of a loss in internet connection, each team will be given a reasonable time to reconnect. If the problem still persists the decision made by the organisers shall be final and binding.
In the event where one or both of the speaker could not join due to connectivity issue, the team may be disqualified from the competition and at no circumstances can other member of the team be allowed to switch roles.
Where a team does not appear within 10 minutes of the scheduled time for the round, the round shall proceed as ex-parte.
Compendium & memorials shall be mailed to mcc@rafflesuniversity.edu.in along with the team competition codes on completion of the Orientation as directed by the organisers.
Any compiled Research Material (Compendium) or other supplementary documents may be, as per the discretion of the bench, presented by the team by using the “screen sharing” option given they have fulfilled the preceding sub-clause.
Participants will not be allowed to use the feature of personal chat on Cisco Webex to communicate with their team members or members of the opposing team.
Teams shall not use internet or any other devices during the rounds for anything, except participating in the rounds.
Participants can only sip water on screen during the competition. Consumption of other beverages or eatables is not permitted. Non-Speakers are to switch off video before drinking water.
Participating speakers and researcher are permitted to join for the Virtual Competition from the same premises/room. However, the screen space shall be independent and the speakers, researcher to represent before the bench through individual/separate devices.
Appropriate court room demeanor is to be maintained. This is mandatory.
Participants are expected to cooperate with the organisers and the judges, in case anyone faces any issue.
The organizers shall take best available measures to resolve or mitigate any connectivity issues that may arise. However, in cases where that is not possible, the organizer cannot be held responsible for the unforeseen issues which includes (but are not limited to) – Software failure and connectivity issues.
The decision of the Organizers in consultation with the judges shall be final and binding.
Important Dates
Start of Online Registration
6th October 2021
Last date for requesting clarification for Problem
6th November 2021
Last date for Online Registration
30th October 2021
Last date for payment of Registration Fee
3rd November 2021
Last date for receiving copies of Reg. Form / Approval letter along with details of registration fee payment
4th November 2021
Last Date for Submission of Memorials
14th November 2021
Orientation
26th November 2021
Prelims / Octa / Quarters
26th & 27th November 2021
Semifinal, Final, Valediction & Prize distribution
28th November 2021
Queries
Regarding Queries on Case / Submission of Memorials /Accommodation / Transport/ etc.
Mr. Arun Verma (HOD) – arun.verma@rafflesuniversity.edu.in
Mob: +91-8077921962 - Convener
Ms. Sabiha Khan (Asst. Prof.)- sabiha.khan@rafflesuniversity.edu.in
Mob: +91- 8954069567 - Co – Convener
Regarding registration
Advocate & Head, Academic Initiatives
Head (Admin), Litigation & Arbitration Practice
Surana & Surana International Attorneys
Email: mootcourt@lawindia.com, Ph: 044 – 2812 0000, Fax: 91 – 44 – 2812 0001
Student Coordinators
Aditya Bhatnagar (BALLB 9th Sem): +91-9680943401
Tanmay Jain (BALLB 9th Sem): +91-9694233451
Nikhil Maurya (BALLB 9th Sem): +91-9199222901
Kuldeep Singh Rathore (BALLB 9th Sem): +91-7610861272
Anshika Sharma (BALLB 9th Sem): +91-7425862127